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This workshop is inspired by Victor Hugo’s “Les Miserables”andThomas Merton and distilled for today’s spirituality. The contemplative life is not just for the monastics — it’s for ordinary people, such as Victor Hugo’s Jean Valjean, whose encounter with the bishop furthered his spiritual formation journey. We’ll explore ways to reduce our need for pleasure, comfort, prestige and success in order to pursue union with Christ, as Merton suggested in “The Inner Experience.”

Mickey Cox is a spiritual director in Denver, Colorado, and is on the Spiritual Direction Colorado Board. He’s also a member of St. Dunstan’s Benedictine Community and an ordained youth minister in the Church of the Nazarene. He’s written several articles for leaders and students as well as two books to guide students in spiritual formation: No Limits Discipleship and Sacred Life... Read More →